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Cancer Deaths Rates Drop Overall, but Not All Types

Death rates from cancer continue to drop in the U.S., but within this overall picture there are winners and losers, with mortality from certain types of cancer on the rise and certain populations remaining at increased risk of dying from malignancies. read more

According to results from the Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, cancer incidence rates have declined in men while remaining stable in women. Additionally, there have been significant declines in cancer death rates, but differences ... read more

CRC incidence, mortality rates continue to drop — 8 insights

Overall, there continue to be significant declines in cancer death rates among both men and women. Differences in rates and trends by race and ethnic group remain." read more

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Most Cancer Deaths Continue To Drop

Fewer Americans are dying from cancer. This is one main take-away from the latest report on cancer death rates and new diagnoses of cancer in the U.S. This decline is seen among men and women across all major racial and ethnic groups, and for 17 of the ... read more

U.S. Cancer Deaths Continue to Drop—Here's Why

The cancer death rate is continuing to drop, according to the American Cancer Society’s annual report on cancer incidence, mortality and survival. Cancer mortality dropped 1.7% from 2014 to 2015—a 26% drop when compared to 1991—resulting in about 2.4 ... read more

Cancer deaths continue to decline as smoking rates drop

Cancer deaths dropped 1.7 percent from 2014 to 2015, the most recent year reported in the American Cancer Society's annual tally of deaths from the disease. The drop continues a downward trend that started in 1991 and has been driven primarily by ... read more

Cancer Deaths Have Dropped 26% in Recent Years

For more, visit TIME Health. Since 1991 ... The report found that while cancer deaths continue to drop, they remain higher among people with low incomes and among African-Americans. Death rates were 14% higher among blacks than among whites in 2015. read more

Deaths from cancer continue to decline in US

There was also a 52 percent drop in colorectal cancer deaths from 1970 to 2015, but in the last decade or so, there has been a steady increase in the death rate among people younger than 55. And while cancer deaths continue to decline among all ethnic ... read more

Even as smoking rates drop in Wyoming, deaths related to the habit continue to rise

Deaths and health issues related to smoking continue to plague Wyomingites ... Deti said a big part of that drop can be attributed to more public knowledge of the risks of smoking. National and local efforts have also contributed. In Wyoming, for instance ... read more

Cancer Deaths Have Dropped 26% in Recent Years

The report found that while cancer deaths continue to drop, they remain higher among people with low incomes and among African-Americans. Death rates were 14% higher among blacks than among whites in 2015. read more